OC Downhill MTBers

31 here also. Just barely started biking about 1.5 years ago. When I first started was biking like 3 times a week. Now I'm so busy I only see the trial like once a month. prob only been able to ride 3-4 times this year.

 

yea we need to fix that..... seriously need to have a taco/mtb meet.

 

Domain sucks ball bigtime. Time to buy a boxxer

 

domains are coils, correct?

my boxxer WC's took me about a month to get used to.. (coming off some Marz888's - which are hella plush)

 

Coil and steel.

 

what were you experiencing that you didnt like about it? could be spring weight thats not ideal for you...

 

Yeap. Probably im about 200lbs geared up. It has too harsh, noisy and hand fatigue. Brakes was not bed in too so couldnt stop properly.

Bike its in the shop now waiting for the boxxer team and getting retourqed to spec

 

too harsh? bottoming out on easy stuff?
i wont lie... even with my boxxer wc's set at the right pressure for my weight, it was getting a lot more hand fatigue than i ever got with my marz 888's. To me, the boxxers arent nearly as plush... the place i saw them excel was places like snow summit or lines that had a lot of jumps. since they were more firm it felt wayyy more controlled going off lips. not as nice through rough gardens. whereas the 888's were plush in gardens, but always threw me off kinda wonky on lips.

the hand fatigue could have just been related to braking, man... think about it, brakes arent biting, you end up trying to pull the lever in harder, your entire hand and forearm tense up, all of that translates to when you start hitting a series of bumps.

could just be the fork, sure. but thinking out loud here since i used to have that problem on my old norco, soon as i got the brakes biting good i wasn't getting arm pump nearly as bad.

 

Maybe, maybe my tire pressure. Forgot to check due to excitement lol. I was probably looking for the same feel as my 36 n

 

one thing to remember about glory's..... specially 2013+ models, they were made to go fast. geometry wise... the faster you could push that bike the better it feels. ive read that in several reviews and tests by various people. i thought it was bullshit until i got mine and attempted to dial in my fork. felt better and better as i got more and more aggressive with it. its a mind f*** for sure. haha

 

Mine turns out to be 2014

 

Hey kids, I'm a 53 yr old rider, don't have a DH bike but I do OK with my 2012 Santa Cruz Heckler. have you guys done San Juan trail? that's a blast. my group will be doing The Oaks this sat, but I wanted to do MT Wilson, don't wanna go alone so guess I'm doing the Oaks. I'm up for a Taco ride. never done telonics but want too. one of these days.

 

We almost do sjt everymonth. My buddies are in love with that trail. I hate the oaks. I suck at climbing switchbacks

 

If you ever venture to the right place right time lemon drop in poway bring your balls...
Hell raiser project X in idylwild
Skidmarx and intense trail
P mountain here in San Marcos
The Ellsworth trails Ramona
Ted Williams in poway
Tunnel and cold springs in Santa Barbara
Plus a lot more.....

Tons of private spots and a lot of pros locally... as well.

Rode DH and FR for a fair bit mainly canfields but some pivot, intense and others....

There's a ton of spots around that if you go big its here or fast its here or if you want to just plain hang your balls out its here...

 

Im over here in hawaii. Id love to go ride over there tho looks sick. Got a transition blindside built pretty well. Got a great deal new was like 7000 in parts got it for 1750 and put about 300 into it. Stoked. Haven't ridden in so long this makes me want to get back to it.

 

agreed with Dax. used to shuttle SJT all the time with my buddies cuz they all love it. After riding serious DH and technical trails i don't find SJT exciting anymore, unfortunately. im not good at climbing anything.... and i complain, the entire time.

 

If you can rip down sjt (I know hikers and xc guys hate us) you can corner anywhere....the peegravel is like ball bearings on hardpack....soft tires preweight bike and rip the corners...especially switchbacks at end...

 

yea i agree... just dont like the flat terrain. now if it were 12 miles of gardens and jump lines, id be all over it. haha

 

Its an improptu tacoma meet everytime I ride with my friends

 

haha thats rad. a couple of my riding buddies have tacomas. the others have tundras.... its just a straight up toyota meet!